Rocky Nelson
Rocky Nelson
Glenn Richard "Rocky" Nelsonwas a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgersand Cleveland Indians...
danny football gives mike pass reading team wide
We are a better football team with Mike Duggan at wide receiver. He gives us more athleticism at wide out. And Danny at quarterback allows us to pass more. We did have some bugaboos in the Reading game.
help league past playing prepare stay teams
Playing teams like Acton-Boxborough and Billerica should prepare us better than in the past for our league season. That can only help us. But we also have to stay healthy.
contender definitely football game healthier league playing ready strong teams year
Playing strong teams like Acton-Boxborough and Billerica have really toughened us up for Middlesex League play. A year ago we weren't ready for league play. Now we're in game shape. We'll definitely be a contender for the league title. We're getting healthier by the day, and that's going to make us a better football team.
challenged great halftime played team
We were sleepwalking for a while, but we got after the team at halftime and challenged them. They responded. We played some great defense.
league needed ready
We needed to change. Everything we do is to try and get ready for Middlesex League competition.
across bus closer definitely elementary high hill kids miss school team walk
We get on a bus for every game. We miss Connelly Stadium, but we definitely need a new high school and our kids never complain. They walk across Montvale Ave. and over a hill to the elementary school and then walk back after practice. But we're a closer team because of it.
coin defense emotional fortunate great involved rank toss win
If you are fortunate to win the coin toss you go on defense and find out what you have to do. This was a great emotional win for us. I've been involved in a lot of great games, but this will rank right up there.
ball expect experience run step time
He's got some experience at quarterback. I expect him to step up and I think we will be fine. We expect to run the ball most of the time anyway.
blown certainly games hurt league others ready saw scheduling teams tough won
We saw what teams like Chelmsford and others do by scheduling tough non-league games. Chelmsford got blown out by Gloucester, but still won their league. Non-league games don't hurt you, but they certainly can get you ready for your league season.
attitude biggest came extremely good hard lost physically players spring teams turn worked
We lost a lot of players with two years' experience, but we had 81 players turn out, and this is one of the biggest teams physically I've ever coached. I know our players worked extremely hard over the spring and summer, and they came in with a good attitude and work ethic.
certainly eliminate friday mistakes offense plays stopped weeks
We have to eliminate big plays on defense, and we have to eliminate the mistakes on offense that we made the first two weeks which stopped ourselves. We certainly can't do that on Friday night.
league open ready worked
Now we are ready to open our Middlesex League season. This worked out well and this is where I thought we would be.
beat both cases game help last league needed opened ready starters year
Last year we opened with Swampscott and Medford and beat them pretty easily. In both cases the starters were pretty much out of the game by halftime. That didn't help us going into Burlington (a 28-25 loss). We needed to change. Everything we do is to try and get ready for Middlesex League competition.
field great half job position reading ready
Reading was ready to play and they did a great job defensively. The first half we had unbelievable field position but we did nothing with it.